The pandemic pushed 2.1 million women out of the workforce, as lay-offs, inaccessibility to child care and the overall strain placed on working moms caused a mass exodus — and Black and Latinx moms experienced the brunt of it.
According to a study by Werklabs, the research division of the digital career community The Mom Project, 41% of that 2.1 million were Black and Latinx mothers. To understand what challenges moms of color face in their personal and professional lives, The Mom Project’s free upskilling program RISE, alongside Werklabs, surveyed 520 program participants, with 90% being female and 70% being people of color. The results revealed a list of “pain points,” or problems that participants struggle to resolve.
